Lamp



A. T. BAUGHN Ma 2'5, 194s.

LAMP

Filed Dec. 12, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR. ARTHUR. 'I'. BAUGHN ATTORN EY A. T. BAUGHN May 25, 1948.

LAMP

Filed Dec. 12, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 2- INVENTOR. ARTHUR T BAUGHN PatentedMay 25, 1948 UNITED STATES LAMP Arthur '1. Baughn, Portland, Oreg.

Application December 12, 1946, Serial No. 715,732

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to lamps and is P ularly adapted to floor ortable lamps.

The primary object of the invention is to be able to reflect the rays oflight either downwardly or upwardly exclusively, or the rays of lightmay be reflected in both directions to the desired proportions. This isaccomplished by the using of tubular globes and by providing anadjustable reflecting element working longitudinally of these globes.

These and other incidental objects will be apparent in the drawings,specification and claim.

Reierring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side sectional view of my new and improved lamp, partsbroken away for convenience of illustration.

Figure 2 is the locking mechanism for maintaining the reflector inadjusted position.

Figure 3 is a plan sectional view taken on line 33 of Figure 1, partsbroken away for convenience of illustration.

In the drawings:

My new and improved lamp consists of a suitable pedestal I, having ahousing 2 mounted thereon. Extending outwardly from this housing arehollow globe supporting arms 3, having the well knOWn fixtures 4 mountedthereon and a tubular type of globe 5 screwed therein. This globe may bea standard Mazda or it may be a neon tube. In the event it is a neontube an upper terminal would be provided not here shown.

A shade supporting pedestal is mounted to the upper cover 1 of thehousing 2 by any suitable means. Mounted to the upper end of thispedestal is a spider 8 for supporting the shade 8 at It). Slidablymounted to the pedestal 6 is a reflector supporting spider II, which hasa hub l2 sliding on the pedestal 5.

Referring to Figure 2, I illustrate a means of holding this hub at anydesired location on the pedestal, which consists of a brake shoe l3maintained against the pedestal at l4 by the spring 5. The tension ofthe spring may be adjusted by the adjusting screw [6. Mounted on theouter ends I! of the spider II are reflectors I8 and 19. The reflectorsI8 reflect the light upwardly, while the reflectors l9 reflect the lightdownwardly.

I will now describe the operation of my new and improved lamp. In thedrawings I illustrate the reflectors adjusted for reflecting the lightupwardly and downwardly, a greater amount of light being reflecteddownwardly. In the event it is desired to reflect the light upwardlyexclusively, the spider H is lowered on the pedestal 6 to the lowestpossible position. This will reflect all of the light upwardly, and inthe event it is desired to reflect all of the light down this spiderwould be raised to the top of the globes 5, or directly underneath thespider 8. This would reflect the light downwardly. I have provided asuitable electric control switch 20, which may be of any suitabledesign, the same being operated by the knob 2i in the usual manner.

I do not wish to be limited to the exact mechanical structure asillustrated, as any suitable mechanical equivalent may be substitutedstill coming within the scope of my claim.

I claim:

A lamp comprising a vertical support provided at its upper end with ashade supporting spider, a shade mounted on the outer end of the spider,a series of lamp-carrying arms extending from the vertical support andwithin the confines of the shade, a series of vertically disposedelongated cylindrical lamps, extending upwardly from the outer ends ofthe arms, a series of reflector supports extending radially from thevertical support, means for vertically adjusting the reflector supports,reflectors mounted on the reflector supports, each reflector consistingof an upper disk with its peripheral edge turned upwardly and a lowerdisk with its peripheral edge turned downwardly, the disks havingcentral aligned openings through which an elongated lamp extends,whereby light from the series of lamps will be reflected upwardly anddownwardly in any adjusted position of the reflectors within thedistance equal to the length of the lamps.

ARTHUR T. BAUGHN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,692,069 Ames Nov. 20, 19281,906,944 Arenberg May 2, 1933 2,198,096 Sweet Apr. 23, 1940 FOREIGNPATENTS Number Country Date 754,335 France Apr. 13, 1933

